The Resistance

Octavia and the others entered the power station and looked around. They were in a large open room that contained several of the large transformers they had seen outside. On the far end of the room was a large doorway that looked like the entrance to an airplane hangar.

"Okay, Vinyl. We have completed phase two. What's next?" Octavia said.

"Do you see a large open hangar door?" Vinyl asked.

"Yes. It's across the room from us." Octavia replied.

"Good. You'll need to get through that door and into the next room. Once through there, you'll need to locate the main power supply." Vinyl said.

"Got it." Octavia said.

There was a small metal bridge with two transformers on either side. Under the bridge was just a dark void of nothingness. As Octavia tried to cross, the transformers both exploded and shot electrical pulses out of the sides. She backed up and tried again, but, it had the same end result.

"What the hell?" Octavia asked aloud.

"There seems to be some kind of invisible tripwire. There appears to be a shut off switch on the other side." Applespice said.

"How are we supposed to get across?" Octavia asked as she turned to him.

"I have an idea." Marigold said.

"Well, out with it." Octavia said impatiently.

"Well, it's a trick my aunt Twilight showed me. I'm not supposed to use it unless it's an emergency. This is more than an emergency though." Marigold said.

"Well, what is it?" Octavia asked.

"Stand back and I'll show you." Marigold said as the others backed up a little bit.

Marigold took a deep breath and pulled her hair back, revealing her left eye. It was a green dragon's eye. She concentrated and her horn began to glow and a light flashed from her eye. Time slowed around her as her magic went to work. She walked across the bridge with little effort and flipped the switch on the other side. She deactivated her power and collapsed to her knees, breathing hard. Applespice and Octavia ran over to her.

"How did you do that?" Applespice asked.

"It's what happens when I combine my unicorn magic with my dragon's greed. It temporarily slows time. It takes a lot out of me, that's why it's only for emergency use." She said as she slowly stood up.

Applespice helped her to her feet and they proceeded through the hangar door. They entered a huge open room that had several steel walkways running along the walls. They were standing on a big circular platform the had a hole in the center blocked by a hand rail. Under them was a gigantic tesla coil that was buzzing with enough electricity to power a continent. On the opposite side of the platform was a computer that probably kept the tesla coil in working order. Standing at the computer, wrapped up in their work was a blonde unicorn, frantically pressing buttons and flipping switches. Octavia approached quietly and held her gun to the back of the unicorn's head and cocked it. The unicorn froze and put her hands up.

"Turn around, slowly." Octavia said.

The unicorn obeyed. She turned and looked up at Octavia.

"Dinky?" Octavia asked.

Tears were streaming down the unicorn's face.

"Tavi. Please, don't kill me. I'm sorry." The unicorn pleaded.

Octavia dropped the gun and pulled the unicorn in for a hug.

"Dinky, we thought we lost you. Where's your mother?" Octavia asked.

"They have her. They said if I kept the power station up and running, they wouldn't hurt her." Dinky said as she embraced Octavia, tears still streaming from her eyes.

"It's okay, Dinky. We're putting an end to them today. We will rescue your mother." Octavia said as she pulled away from Dinky.

"Really?" Dinky asked.

"Yes. Marigold, give me the bomb." Octavia said as she turned to the other two.

Marigold fished around in her bag for a minute and pulled out a make-shift bomb. Octavia took it and set the timer. She placed it on the computer and headed toward the exit.